The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection: Live & Swingin'

The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection: Live & Swingin'
Compilation album by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr.
Released	October 14, 2003
Recorded	Various Dates
Genre	Vocal jazz, pop
Length	68:44
Label	Reprise Records

The Ultimate Rat Pack Collection: Live & Swingin' is a 2003 album compiling songs by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis, Jr.

Disc one is a compact disc is a compilation of live performances at a Chicago nightclub between November 26 and December 2, 1962 (over half of which was previously unreleased). Disc two is a 90-minute DVD featuring never before issued footage of a St. Louis performance from the mid-1960s with a young Johnny Carson emceeing.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The Allmusic review by Richie Unterberger awarded the album four and a half stars. "How much you like this sort of thing depends almost as much on how much you like the celebrity sleaze-kitsch that the Rat Pack mythology was built upon as you do the trio's estimable vocal abilities," Unterberger states, "But both parts deliver all the all-around entertainment you'd expect."^[1]

Track listing (CD)

1. "Fanfare and Introduction," Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr.
2. Medley: "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes/When You're Smiling/The Lady Is a Tramp," Dean Martin
3. "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," Dean Martin
4. "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter," Dean Martin
5. Medley: "Volare/On an Evening in Roma," Dean Martin
6. "Goody Goody," Frank Sinatra
7. "Chicago," Frank Sinatra
8. "When Your Lover Has Gone," Frank Sinatra
9. Monologue, Frank Sinatra
10. "Please Be Kind," - Frank Sinatra
11. "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You," Frank Sinatra
12. "What Kind of Fool Am I?," Sammy Davis, Jr.
13. "Out of This World," Sammy Davis, Jr.
14. "She's Funny That Way," Sammy Davis, Jr.
15. "Hey There," Sammy Davis, Jr.
16. Comedy, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin
17. Medley 1: "Brazil/You Are Too Beautiful/Cecilia (Does Your Mother ...)" Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin
18. Medley 2: "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby/Too Marvelous for Words," Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin
19. "Impressions," Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr.
20. "The Birth of the Blues" Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr.
21. Danny Thomas Introduction, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr.
22. "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)," Frank Sinatra
23. "Me and My Shadow," Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr.
24. "Sam's Song," Sammy Davis, Jr.and Dean Martin
25. "The Birth of the Blues (Reprise)," Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr.

Track listing (DVD)

1. Johnny Carson Monologue
2. "Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On," Dean Martin
3. "King of the Road," Dean Martin
4. "Everybody Loves Somebody," Dean Martin
5. Medley: "Volare/On an Evening in Roma," Dean Martin
6. "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You," Dean Martin
7. "My Shining Hour," Sammy Davis, Jr.
8. "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)," Sammy Davis, Jr.
9. "I've Got You Under My Skin," Sammy Davis, Jr.
10. "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis," - Sammy Davis, Jr.
11. "You Are My Sunshine," Sammy Davis, Jr.
12. "Bee-Bom," Sammy Davis, Jr.
13. "One for My Baby," Sammy Davis, Jr.
14. "Get Me to the Church on Time," Frank Sinatra
15. "Fly Me to the Moon," Frank Sinatra
16. "Luck Be a Lady," Frank Sinatra
17. "I Only Have Eyes for You," Frank Sinatra
18. "I've Got You Under My Skin," Frank Sinatra
19. "Please Be Kind," Frank Sinatra
20. "You Make Me Feel So Young, Frank Sinatra
21. "My Kind of Town," Frank Sinatra
22. "Happy Birthday," Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr.
23. "Birth of the Blues," Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr.

Personnel

• Sammy Davis, Jr. - vocals
• Frank Sinatra - vocals
• Dean Martin - vocals
• Johnny Carson - emcee

References